Thomas Alva Edison
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Thomas Alva Edison
(February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931)
American inventor and businessman
He developed many devices
in fields such as electric power
“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
Thomas A. Edison
“We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work”
Thomas A. Edison
“Five percent of the people think;
ten percent of the people think they think;
and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.”
“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”
“If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.”
“Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.”
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.”
“Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.”
“There are no rules here -- we're trying to accomplish something.”
“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.”
“Restlessness is discontent — and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man — and I will show you a failure.”
“I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.”
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